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Contents. Premise The series was loosely based on Mac's stand-up comedy acts. In real life, Bernie 'Mac' McCullough was married with one daughter; Mac's character on the show (a stand-up comedian) was married with no children of his own.
The pilot episode, aired on November 14, 2001, set up the basic premise for the series: the character Bernie Mac takes in his sister's children after she enters rehab (a fictional premise taken from one of Mac's stand-up routines which was eventually featured in the, ). 'In reality, the story is a blend of two real incidents: Mac briefly took in his gang-banging niece Toya and her daughter Monique; while a friend of his had to raise her junkie sister's children long-term.' Much of the humor in the show was derived from Mac's continual adjustment to and his unique take on parenthood. A frequent motif of the show was the juxtaposition of Mac's acerbic comments, such as his threats to 'bust the (children's) heads 'til the white meat shows,' and the deep parental affection he felt towards the trio, which often brought him to the verge of tears during happy moments. Towards the end of the series, Bryana's long-lost father returns and drops by from time to time to help Bernie and Wanda with the kids.
Many of his most emotional scenes occurred in segments in which Mac, while still in character, broke the ' and talked to the television audience, which he referred to as America. This technique was most notably used before an episode during the 2005–2006 season, when Bernie, as himself and wearing a cap and jacket, delivered a heartfelt congratulatory message to the baseball organization and its staff on their recent Championship. Bernie, who grew up on Chicago's south-side, was a die-hard fan of the White Sox and was seen at Game 1 of the World Series, in a front row seat. As was also the case during his stand-up routine, Mac habitually addressed the audience as 'America' for humorous effect.
Mac's character's celebrity worked as a allowing other celebrities to appear on the show as themselves. Including, and, amd have all appeared as themselves over the course of the show. Episodes. Main article: Season Episodes Originally aired First aired Last aired 22 November 14, 2001 May 15, 2002 22 September 18, 2002 May 14, 2003 22 November 30, 2003 June 29, 2004 16 September 8, 2004 April 8, 2005 22 September 23, 2005 April 14, 2006 Broadcast history by season The series debuted in its time slot on November 14, 2001 with solid ratings in spite of a weak lead-in,. The show had a very successful first season and in the process won a handful of honors including an for 'Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series' and the prestigious. Bernie Mac also received and nominations for Best Actor in a Comedy Series.
In fall 2002, the series aired against the comedy which may have hurt the show's momentum in the ratings during the first half of its second season run., the show's creator and executive producer, was fired at this time. In interviews, Wilmore said he was fed up with the network's creative interference with the show, in addition to Fox constantly shuffling it around the schedule. Fox contended that it wasn't happy with the show's direction under Wilmore in the second season, claiming the show 'wasn't delivering enough laughs'. With The Bernie Mac Show's inability to topple My Wife and Kids in the Wednesday 8 p.m.
Timeslot, Fox eventually aired the show after, after which it received its highest ratings ever. The third season was scheduled to start on October 29, 2003, but was postponed due to being moved.
Instead, the series started the season at the late date of November 30, 2003. The ratings were mediocre, despite the large ratings of its lead-in.
In March 2004, the show was moved to Monday nights in a plan to boost ratings for the new show, but the ratings were low for both shows. Cracking Up was canceled and The Bernie Mac Show was pulled from May Sweeps with leftover episodes that aired in June (one of which included an episode about ). The Bernie Mac Show returned to its original time slot on September 8, 2004, to start the fourth season. The production was shut down a month later due to Bernie's sickness. The show returned on January 14, 2005, with new episodes on Friday nights. Although the ratings were low enough that commentators questioned the show's future (especially when it was postponed from May Sweeps again), the show was renewed for a fifth season.
The fifth season started September 23, 2005, on Friday nights and beginning mid-season, airings were followed by reruns of the show. The Bernie Mac Show celebrated its 100th episode on February 3, 2006, even though the actual 100th episode was not aired until March 31. American ratings Season Timeslot (EDT) Season premiere Season finale TV season Rank Viewers (in millions) 1 Wednesday 9:00 P.M. (November 14, 2001 – May 15, 2002) November 14, 2001 May 15, 2002 #63 9.5 2 Wednesday 8:00 P.M. (September 18, 2002 – December 11, 2002) Wednesday 9:00 P.M. (January 15, 2003 – May 14, 2003) September 18, 2002 May 14, 2003 #60 10.04 3 Sunday 8:30 P.M. (November 30, 2003 – February 22, 2004) Monday 8:00 P.M.
(March 7, 2004 – June 29, 2004) November 30, 2003 June 29, 2004 #95 7.5 4 Wednesday 9:00 P.M. (September 8, 2004 – September 29, 2004) Friday 8:00 P.M. (January 14, 2005 – April 8, 2005) September 8, 2004 April 8, 2005 #110 4.8 5 Friday 8:00 P.M. (September 23, 2005 – April 14, 2006) September 23, 2005 April 14, 2006 #130 3.6 Characters Main. — The show's main character who is loosely based upon the late comedian of the same name. Bernie and his wife took in the three kids when their drug-addicted mother (Bernie's sister Stacy) was no longer able to be a proper parent.
Bernie uses tough-love parenting tactics and he can be both strict and comical. He narrates the series, and between scenes he talks to the audience by addressing them as 'America.' Although he loves all three kids, his favorite is Bryana (whom he affectionately calls 'Baby Girl' because she is the youngest), and always finds himself going head to head with teenage Vanessa, the eldest sibling, whose poor attitude always gives him a hard time; though it is revealed in the episode Jac and Jacequline that the only reason he's so hard on her is because she reminds him of her mother and he's determined to keep her from suffering a similar fate to her mother. — Bernie's loving wife, a very intelligent woman who is VP for.
She loves raising the kids with Bernie, but periodically her patience is tested. Whenever Bernie has a problem, she does her best to help, though her assistance can be stubbornly overbearing and unnecessary at times. Also, it has been stated that most of Bernie's family thinks she's snooty and is not above using seduction to make Bernie to fix a mistake. She plays a minor but important role in the series finale, in which she advises Vanessa to respect her Uncle Bernie by writing an essay on how he has inspired her. Bryana 'Baby Girl' Thomkins — Bernie and Wanda's younger niece, the youngest child and the half-sister of Jordan and Vanessa. Bryana is a friendly little girl who is sweet, innocent, and quite naive, though she is often more bratty and obnoxious as the series progresses.
Bryana is her uncle's favorite (although he loves all three). Bryana is playful and always trusts her Uncle Bernie.
Bryana is known for always attacking and successfully beating up her older brother Jordan. Jordan Thomkins — Bernie and Wanda's nephew, the middle child. Jordan is very mischievous and peculiar.
He is interested in collecting bugs and conducting odd science experiments. He is always getting beat up by his little sister, Bryana; though on minor occasions, he has been able to scare her in retaliation and make her cry.
Early on in the series during the first seasons, Jordan would always cry, occasionally vomit and sometimes urinate on himself. As the series progressed, he gets tougher and more masculine, most notable shown in an episode in which he joins a wrestling team. He took an interest in magic and even began trying to date girls. Although he knows that there is nothing wrong with Jordan, Bernie tries to his best to make him more masculine. Vanessa 'Nessa' Thomkins — Bernie and Wanda's elder niece, and the eldest of the three children. Vanessa always purposely gives Bernie trouble with her attitude, most of which comes from the pressure of being the eldest and having to take the parent role with her younger siblings.
As the series progresses, she gets along better with Bernie and grows up into a young woman preparing for college. In the final season, she spends most of her time trying to find the perfect college and rejecting Bernie's help with that. Narrator - Narrates every episodes in this show.
Recurring. W.B. – Bernie's friend who's always on his side. Bonita – Bernie's younger sister (seasons 3–5). Chuy ( (season 1) and ) – Bernie's friend.
Kelly – Bernie's friend. Jerry Best – Bernie's Manager. Father Sean Cronin – The Dean of Discipline at Jordan and Bryana's school. Bryan – Bryanna's father (season 5). Donna – Vanessa's friend.
Teri – Vanessa's friend (guest, season 3; recurring, seasons 4–5) Unseen characters. Stacey Thomkins – One of two of Bernie's sisters and Vanessa, Jordan, and Bryana's mother. Before the events of the show, she became addicted to drugs; Bernie had to place her in an institution to recover and took in her children until the time came she could care for them herself. Though institutionalized, Stacey's addiction was such that she was not known to make any serious attempts to recover and her children remain with Bernie for the run of the series. Due to the series premature cancellation, it is unknown if she ever overcame her addictions. Her picture is seen once in 'Road to Traditions', although it was in black-and-white and wasn't shown well. Thomkins – Vanessa and Jordan's biological father, who left them when she was five years of age and he was a baby.
According to Bernie and Vanessa, he's in prison for various law violations that also include shooting multiple shots into a man with a gun or a pistol. His picture is shown in the episode 'Saving Sergeant Thomkins', although it is unknown who the man in the picture playing him is.
Big Mama – Bernie's mother. She died when Bernie was around ten. She is frequently mentioned by Bernie over the course of the series. In the family reunion episode, Bebe Drake played the matriarchal role.
Uncle Ellister – Bernie's uncle who is, in actuality, his father. Main crew. Creator:.: Pete Aronson, Warren Hutcherson. Co-Executive Producers: Bernie Mac, Teri Schaffer, Marc Abrams. Producers: Michael Petok, Steven Greener Cancellation After five seasons and 104 episodes, announced the cancellation of The Bernie Mac Show.
The titled 'Bernie's Angels' focused on Bernie getting an electrical shock and ends up traumatized. After he recovers, he begins to teach Jordan and Bryanna how to do certain things on their own. Also, Vanessa doesn't want Bernie to be involved in her choosing a college. Meanwhile, Jordan takes advantage of Bernie's kindness.
In the end, Vanessa and Bernie make up (mainly due to her writing an essay about who inspires her most: which is him). In the final scene of the series, Bernie goes back to his normal self and takes back the he bought Jordan since he was taking advantage of him. Bernie's final line is a farewell message to the viewers and stating that he is going to continue to raise and teach the kids for as long as they need it and he also wishes the viewers luck. The scene pans out with Jordan on his knees sobbing and begging for the iPod while Bernie smugly laughs and teases him. Syndication The series had been airing in since September 2005 and was on the network (as of 2011), but is not on the channel's schedule in the autumn of that year.
On various television stations, the series' title is shortened simply to Bernie Mac. In addition to being in worldwide syndication, 's hometown of airs the series on the city's independent station. The Bernie Mac Show has been on that station since 2005, remaining after Mac's 2008 death in his honor. However, at the beginning of fall 2009, the series was moved to The U's sister station. In 2010, the series was removed from the lineup of both stations.
On the day of Mac's funeral, The U aired a retrospective TV special called, which featured clips from the series and an interview with, who portrayed Vanessa. And have aired the series. Since June 2015, acquired rights to the series which airs weeknights at 5:00 and 5:30 and again at 8:00 and 8:30.
Reruns of the show were also aired on in. The show once aired in on. On July 4, 2018, Aspire has added the series to its lineup. Currently, the network airs two hour blocks of the show. Home media DVD Name Release Date Ep # Additional Information Season 1 May 4, 2004 22 Bonus features include commentary on the pilot episode from Bernie Mac and a 60-minute A & E Tvography. The Season One DVD boxset was released on DVD May 4, 2004. There have been no announcements regarding further seasons possibly due to issues.
Awards and nominations The Bernie Mac Show won a in 2001, the, a, three for Outstanding Comedy Series, and was honored by the. For his role in the show, Bernie Mac was honored by the Television Critics Association for Individual Achievement in a Comedy as well as the four years in a row: 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2006.
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